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AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification occurred on various dates in 2019. It was determined which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket. Teams competed against other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.

Qualified Teams

Five teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Seven more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	7 June 2019	Abidjan	1	Senegal
AfroBasket Women 2017 semi-finalists	18–27 August 2017	Bamako	3	Nigeria  Mali  Mozambique
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 1	25 July 2019 (Cancelled)	Tunis	1	Tunisia
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 2	17–19 May 2019	Praia	1	Cape Verde
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 3		N/A	1	Ivory Coast
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 4	4–5 May 2019	Yaoundé	1	Cameroon
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 5	26 June – 1 July 2019	Uganda	1	Egypt
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Zone 6	6–8 June 2019	Harare	1	Angola
AfroBasket Women 2019 Qualification Wildcard		Abidjan	2	DR Congo  Kenya
Total			12

Zones

Zone 1

•  Tunisia

Zone 2

A regional tournament was held from 17 to 19 May 2019 in Praia, Cape Verde. Despite losing the first game, Cape Verde qualified on aggregate 108-98.

Cape Verde	48–50	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–8, 12–12, 9–14

Guinea	48–60	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 13–19, 16–12, 9–14

Zone 3

•  Ivory Coast

Zone 4

A regional tournament was held from 4 to 5 May 2019 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. After winning the two games against DR Congo, Cameroon earned its qualification for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.

Cameroon	91–46	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 21–5, 20–15, 25–17

DR Congo	66–70	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 27–9, 16–18, 9–26

Zone 5

A regional tournament will be held from 26 June to 1 July 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda, Egypt, Kenya and Rwanda will participate in this tournament. Egypt earned its qualification for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.

Group phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Egypt	3	3	0	214	193	+21	6
2	Uganda	3	2	1	183	163	+20	5
3	Kenya	3	1	2	220	232	−12	4
4	Rwanda	3	0	3	189	218	−29	3

Egypt	86–82	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–19, 22–24, 24–22

Uganda	62–53	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 5–19, 22–13, 12–10

Rwanda	80–92	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 21–22, 16–28, 27–25

Egypt	64–55	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 16–20, 26–9, 14–6

Rwanda	56–64	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 10–14, 10–15, 27–12

Kenya	46–66	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 10–18, 13–19, 8–15

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Egypt	78–73	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 18–25, 21–22, 22–14

Uganda	62–67	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 10–18, 20–20, 17–12

Third-place game

Rwanda	61–97	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 13–27, 21–26, 15–17

Final

Egypt	90–72	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–11, 28–20, 18–19

Zone 6

A regional tournament will be held on 8 June 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe. After winning the two games against Zimbabwe, Angola earned its qualification for the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.

Zimbabwe	53–99	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 14–21, 10–22, 15–28

Angola	90–64	Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 28–14, 19–19, 23–17

Wildcard

DR Congo and Kenya earned a spot for the Women's AfroBasket with a wildcard.

References

1. Women's Afrobasket Qualifiers
2. "Cape Verde target first Women's AfroBasket appearance since 2013". FIBA. 13 May 2019.
3. "Cape Verde beat Guinea in Zone 2 Qualifiers, advance to #AfroBasketWomen 2019". FIBA. 20 May 2019.
4. "Cameroon and DR Congo to battle for FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2019 spot". FIBA. 3 May 2019.
5. "Egypt seek #AfroBasketWomen return in style". FIFA. 20 June 2019.
6. "Zimbabwe lean on home advantage ahead of #AfroBasketWomen 2019 Qualifiers". fiba.basketball. 1 June 2019.
7. "Angola book ticket to #AfroBasketWomen 2019". fiba.basketball. 9 June 2019.
8. "DR Congo and Kenya awarded wild cards for #AfroBasketWomen 2019". FIBA. 19 July 2019.

External links

• 2019 FIBA Women's Afrobasket Qualifiers

• 2019 Women's Afrobasket
• 2019 in African basketball